Scottish singer details emotional collapse he faced before pausing career for two years to take care of mental health
Back to the stage of Glastonbury Festival After two years away from music, Lewis Capaldi decided to open the heart. In podcast participation This Past Weekendcommanded by Theo vonthe singer talked about the backstage of the 2023 performance that led him to move away from the spotlight and revealed details of an intense crisis he lived before even taking the stage.
Capaldiwhich was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and has been increasingly frank about his mental health, recalled the moment when he realized he needed to stop. “Two or three sounds after starting the show, I knew: this was the last for a long time,” he said. “I needed to finish the presentation, but I knew that when I left the stage, it would be the end for now.”
Despite the suffering, the singer claims to have immediate relief.
It was strange. When I left the stage, I thought: Now I can seek real help. In retrospect, it may have been the best thing that happened to me, because I wouldn’t have stopped alone.
The episode of Glastonbury It was remarkable – fans even sing for him when his voice failed – but Capaldi He revealed that he had gone through an even more serious situation weeks earlier in Chicago. “It was worse. I couldn’t go back to the stage, I was convulsing behind the scenes amid a panic attack. A very heavy mental episode.”
At the time, the singer was pressured to accept everything, fear of losing opportunities. “I said yes to things too much. I overwhelmed. I fear thinking about what would have happened if I had not stopped,” he said.
Since then, Capaldi He has been dedicated to therapy, he exchanged medication for an antipsychotic that “changed his life” and has kept a weekly follow -up with a psychologist. “To confront this was all the only option. But the best decision too.”
At 28, he made a triumphant return to Glastonbury On June 27, at a surprise show that coincided with the release of the new single “Survive”. “It was a moment of mental victory. Close a cycle. Maybe the best day of my life.”
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Source: Rollingstone
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